[Elecraft] Collins S-Line Comparison

[Don Wilhelm]

Hoping I don't hijack this thread and send it off in another direction, 
but I do have to comment on that statement below.

In my neck of the woods, boatanchors are not "obsolete and 
undesirable".  Many are sought out by buyers for the 'fun of restoring 
and operating them'.
I know at least 10% of my local ham club is doing just that, and several 
other ham buddies and acquaintances.

I take a walk through the fleamarket areas at hamfests and see many of 
those boatanchors being purchased.  Those indeed are not "undesirable".  
I take that walk myself to satisfy my nostalgia - I see transmitters and 
receivers that I used to drool over in my younger days knowing that I 
could not afford them.  I resist buying first because I do not have the 
time and commitment to restore them, but also because I know they would 
not perform (even after restoration) to the level I have come to expect 
from my K3 and KX3.

I think about bring my own expanded version of the HBR-16 receiver from 
time to time, just to see how the selectivity of my double-tuned 85kHz 
2nd IF filter really is compared with my K2 - but so far that project is 
still on the 'dream horizon' and may never be realized.  In the 
meantime, the receiver sits in the attic.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 4/9/2015 7:31 PM, bs usb wrote:
> Could that be why boatanchors have become obsolete and undesirable?
>